§ 20-306a — Practice of engineering or land surveying by a corporation or limited liability company.

Connecticut § 20-306a

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
• Ch. 391: Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

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(a) The practice of or the offer to practice professional engineering in this state by individual licensed professional engineers or the practice of or the offer to practice land surveying in this state by individual licensed land surveyors under the corporate form or by a corporation or limited liability company, a material part of the business of which includes engineering or land surveying, is permitted, provided (1) such personnel of such corporation or limited liability company as act in its behalf as engineers or land surveyors are licensed or exempt from licensure under the provisions of this chapter, and (2) such corporation or limited liability company has been issued a certificate of registration by the board as provided in this section. No such corporation or limited liability company shall be relieved of responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees or officers by reason of its compliance with the provisions of this section, nor shall any individual practicing engineering or land surveying be relieved of responsibility for engineering or land surveying services performed by reason of his employment or relationship with such corporation or limited liability company. All final drawings, specifications, plots, reports or other engineering or land surveying papers or documents involving the practice of engineering or land surveying which are prepared or approved by any such corporation or limited liability company or engineer or land surveyor for use of or for delivery to any person or for public record within this state shall be dated and bear the signature and seal of the engineer or land surveyor who prepared them or under whose supervision they were prepared. (b) A qualifying corporation or limited liability company desiring a certificate of registration shall file with the board an application upon a form prescribed by the Department of Consumer Protection accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars. Each such certificate shall expire annually and shall be renewable upon payment of a fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars. If all requirements of this chapter are met, the department shall issue to such corporation or limited liability company a certificate of registration within thirty days of such application, provided the department or board may refuse to authorize the issuance of a certificate if any facts exist which would entitle the commissioner or board to suspend or revoke an existing certificate. (c) Each such corporation or limited liability company shall file with the department a designation of an individual or individuals licensed to practice engineering or land surveying in this state who shall be in charge of engineering or land surveying by such corporation or limited liability company in this state. Such corporation or limited liability company shall notify the department of any change in such designation within thirty days after such change becomes effective. (d) Not less than two-thirds of the individual members of a limited liability company or owners of a professional corporation that practices or offers to practice professional engineering or land surveying services in this state shall be individually licensed under the provisions of this chapter and shall own not less than two-thirds of the voting interests of the limited liability company or not less than two-thirds of the voting stock of the professional corporation.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 762, S. 1–3; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 90; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 21; P.A. 81-361, S. 14, 39; P.A. 82-370, S. 9, 16; P.A. 87-271, S. 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 121, 203; P.A. 96-259, S. 4; P.A. 98-3, S. 18; 98-137, S. 26, 62; 98-219, S. 33, 34; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 239; P.A. 18-141, S. 7; P.A. 19-177, S. 39.) History: 1971 act doubled renewal fee in Subsec. (b); 1972 act made technical correction, adding “of” before “one hundred dollars”; P.A. 81-361 amended section to provide that application form is to be prescribed by the department instead of the board and certificates are to be issued by the department upon the authorization of the board; P.A. 82-370 replaced references to registration with references to licensure and provided that the corporation possess a certificate of registration, eliminating references to the certificate of authorization; P.A. 87-271 extended the provisions of the section to the practice of land surveying; P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from $150 to $450 and increased the renewal fee from $100 to $300; P.A. 96-259 amended Subsec. (b) to conform language re annual expiration; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 98-137 authorized the practice of professional engineering or land surveying by a limited liability company, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-219 revised effective date of P.A. 98-137, but without affecting this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b) to increase application fee from $450 to $565 and renewal fee from $300 to $375; P.A. 18-141 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “nonrefundable” re application fee, deleting provision re board to authorize department to issue certificate of registration, adding reference to department re refusal to authorize issuance of certificate, and adding reference to commissioner re suspension or revocation of existing certificate, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “board” with “department”, and added Subsec. (d) re two-thirds of members of limited liability company or owners of corporation to be individually licensed, effective June 11, 2018; P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (d) by replacing “corporation” with “professional before corporation”. Cited. 200 C. 145.